Check and sales slip holder.



I Patented August 11, 1903;

Enron.

"WILSON MORTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SIDNEY CARR CARROLL, ADMIN- ISTRATOR OF SAID WILSON MORTON, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO ,THE UNITED STATES SALES BOOK COMPANY, OF OI-IIOAGO,ILLINOIS, A. con- PORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CHECK ANDSALES SLlP HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,288, dated August Application filed December I 1902. Serial Ila-133,391. We model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, WILSON MORTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain 5 new and useful Improvements in Check and Sales Slip Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinventionrelates to devices for holding check-pads and sales-slips, and has particular 1 reference to a rigid plate or rest adapted to temporarily hold a pad of cashiers checks and a salesmans memorandum or sales-slip, the former being given to the customer or purchaser by the salesman for presentation'at I the cashiers desk when the purchase is paid for and the latter being retained by the salesman or saleswoman and bearing a memorandum corresponding to the one on the check, the object being to provide means whereby 2c the salesman and cashier may check their respective accounts against each other at the end of the days business or at other stated periods.

Theinvention consists in a preferably metal 2 5 plate provided at one end with upwardly-projecting flanges adapted to grip a block or pad of check-slips and provided at both ends with means for holding a salesmans slip.

The invention further consists in a preferably metal plate, as described, having means integral therewith for holding buyers and sellers? memorandums; and the invention further consists in the various details of construction and in combinations of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying draw ings, forming'a part of this specification, and

40 in which- I Figure 1 is'a plan view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of Fig. 1 or a view taken at right angles to the plane thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a block of sales-checks and a salesmans entry-sheet inserted in their respective positions. or block-holding portion and is a modifica- Fig. 4: is a plan view of the upper tion of the structure illustrated inFigs. 1 to 3, inclusive. Fig. 5 is another plan view of the upper or block-holding portion substantially similar to construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, except that in this figure said portion is a separate member secured to r the body portion.

In the drawings, 2 represents the main body .portion of the metal plate, ordinarily made out of tin. 3 is a lower flange upon said plate,

made by bending the metal upon itself and isadaptedto hold one end of a salesmans entry-sheet. a

4is the check pad or block holding portion, which is an integral part of the plate 2 in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, lugs or flanges raised from the plate 2 in Fig.4, and a separate member in Fig. 5, secured to plate 2 by means of rivets 5 5. Said plate 4 is provided with ears, lugs, or flanges 6, 7, and 9 and a narrow overlap 8. The members 6, 7, and 9 project upwardly at right angles to the plate 4 and are slightly bent inwardly on their upper edges to afford a better grip upon the block or pad 10, inserted therebetween, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The overlap Sgrips only the edge of the cardboard portion usually provided with blocks of paper. In Fig. 4 the portion 4lis dispensed With and the gripping members 6, 7, 8, and 9 are out out of the body portion 2. In said Fig. 4 provision is also made in lieu of the plate 4 for holding the upper end of the salemans entry-sheet 2 by the incision through the plate 2 on the right-angular line other figures of the drawings the lower end.

of plate or member at provides this means of holding the upper end of sheet 2 by being slightly raised from the plate 2 to permit of the insertion therebetween of said sheets. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the parts 2 and 4 are made from a single piece of metal formed with themembers 6, '7, 8, and 9 and the portion 4, carrying said members, bent upon the portion -2. In

Fig. 4 these members are cut out of the plate 2,as shown. The arrangement shown in Fig. 5 is similar to that illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, with the exception that the member 4 is not integral with the plate 2, but a separate piece riveted or otherwise secured to plate 2. Ordinarily the preferred form of construction is that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 as affording the greatest economy in material and labor consistent with a neat construction. However, the separate plate 4 may be the more desirable in many instances, since the two parts may be made from pieces of metal too small for the entire device made of a single piece. The greatest economy of metal is afforded by the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, which dispenses entirely with the plate 4 and makes a part of the plate 2 into the members 6, 7, 8, and 9. This, however, while economical, is less neat and desirable than the construction shown in the other figures. The retaining members 6, 7, 8, and 9 may be made of any width or length desired and can be adapted to blocks 10 of less plan dimensions than the maximum provided for by simply bending them inwardly, so as to engage at least the top edges or surface of the block 10. The slight elasticity inherent in ordinary sheet iron or tin is sufficient for the purpose of holding the block 10 securely and permits of springing the ears sufficiently for the insertion of said blocks.

In practice a salesmans record-sheet of substantially the same width as the body portion 2 and long enough to be engaged at its ends by the overlap 3 and the plate 4: is inserted on the plate 2 and the block 10 inserted between the ears or retaining members 6, 7, 8, and 9. Said sheet may contain successive members corresponding to the numerical order in which the consecutively-numbered check -slips 10 are arranged in the block. When a sale has been made, a check is made out by the salesman on a sheet from the block 10 and the amount or suitable corresponding memorandum enteredon the sheet upon the plate 2, which is permitted to remain in position until filled out, when another sheet is inserted betweenthe overlap 3'and the plate tor member 11, Fig. 4.

- I do not of course desire to confine my invention to the specific use above described or the exact details of construction illustrated, which may be modified by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a check and sales slip holder, the combination of a plate, means upon both ends thereof for holding a salesmans entry-sheet and means at one end for holding a block or fold upon one end of said plate and an overlapping paper-block holder on the other end of said plate, and said overlapping holder being adapted to retain one end of a salesmans entry-sheet.

3. In a check and sales slip holder, the combination of a plate, an integral overlapping fold upon one end of said plate, an overlapping plate on the other end thereof, upwardlyprojecting ears or lugs upon said plate adapted to engage and hold the edges of a block of checks, and said plate being adapted to hold together with said overlapping fold, a salesmans entry-sheet.

4. In a check and sales slip holder, the combination, of a plate, an overlapping edge overlying one end of said plate, a check-slip holder on the other end adapted to hold a block of check-slips and one end of a salesmans entrysheet, the other end of said sheet being held by said overlapping edge.

5. In a check and sales slip holder, the combination, of a plate, an overlying edge upon one end of said plate, a check-slip holder on the other end having integral means for bolding checks and a salesmans entry-sheet.

6. In a check and sales slip holder, the combination of a plate, integral check-holding means upon one end of said plate, integral retaining means for one end of a salesmans entry-sheet on the other end of said plate, and said check-holding means being adapted to hold the other end of. said sheet. I

7. In acheck and sales slip holder, the combination, of a plate, an integral overlapping edge folded upon one end of said plate, an integral check-slip holder provided with integral projections on the other end thereof, and said holder being adapted to also hold one end of a salesmans entry-sheet.

8. In a check and sales slip holder, the combination, of a plate, an overlapping edge upon one end of said plate adapted to temporarily hold one end of a salesmans entry-sheet, an integral, overlapping plate on the other end of said plate provided with lugs, ears or flanges integral with said plate and projecting at right angles to the surface thereof and adapted to hold a block of check-slips and one end of said salesmans entry-sheet.

9. In a check and sales slip holder, the combination, in a metal plate, of an overlapping edge on one end thereof, anoverlapping integral base-plate on the other end thereof, upwardly-extending integral projections on said baseplate adapted to temporarily hold a block of check-slips, and said holder and base-plate being adapted to hold one end of a salesmans entry-sheet therebetween;

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILSON MORTON.

Witnesses:

J. W. BEOKSTROM, F. E. STEWART. 

